FC4 and Shadow Passwords

[Andy Green]

Mike McGrath wrote:

> I've got an FC4 install with shadow-utils installed but the passwords
> are being stored in /etc/passwd and there is no /etc/shadow file.  Any
> ideas?

Examine /etc/sysconfig/authconfig and check that there is a line like this:

USESHADOW=yes

Also check perms on that file are root:root and 644.

-Andy
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